Over a month has elapsed since former Adyar accountant Mr M Kannan made
public his complaints about his suffering at the hands of Adyar Estate Manager,
Mr S Harihara Raghavan.

The International President and General Council were made aware of the
allegations and were also aware that the details of the allegations were in the
public domain. An independent enquiry into staff treatment and conditions at
Adyar could at least have been initiated, and information gathered, on these and
other related allegations. It is also important to establish why a campaign of
victimisation should be initiated specifically against such a key
administrative figure as an accountant.

The lack of response indicates that neither the ineffective International
President nor the frightened General Council have any intention of addressing
this serious and damaging issue.

An appeal was made by Mr Kannan directly to current International President
Tim Boyd, but little is now expected from Tim Boyd as he is hindered by his
disputed election, and has found it easier to stay away from the difficulties
at Adyar, and give out blasts of waffle on YouTube as a substitute for proper
leadership. He will be appearing at Theosophical events around the world as the
nice guy who does nothing.

A letter outlining the situation was also made to Indian Section General
Secretary Mr S Sundaram in which Mr Kannan resigned from the Theosophical
Society, and appealed to Mr Sundaram to intervene to stop the continuing
victimisation by Mr S Harihara Raghavan.

As governing body of the Adyar Theosophical Society, it should fall to
the General Council to deal with issues that the president is unable to deal
with, but it has become clear that the General Council are paralysed by fear of
their Adyar masters and that they are too frightened to take action on any
matter, and also too ashamed to admit to the members that they have lost
control of the organisation. The International President, being drawn from the
General Council is of the same mindset, and finds himself helpless.

The email below reveals a picture of
Adyar of which the general membership have been unaware but which should now be
fully investigated by the new international president, and brought out into the
open.

The email was sent to Indian Section
General Secretary, Mr Sundaram and marked for the attention of other senior
officials. It outlines Mr Kannanís reasons for resigning from the Theosophical
Society.

It appears that after being reported to
police by Adyar Estate General Manager Mr S Harihara Raghavan, former
accountant,Mr M Kannan was summoned to the Besant Nagar police station, and
interrogated for two days from May 14th to 15th 2014.

Mr M Kannan was in the employment of the
Theosophical Society and resident on the Adyar Estate for many years up to
October 2013. Mr Kannan claims, in his May 15th letter to Tim Boyd,
that prior to his leaving the Theosophical Society, he had experienced a long
period of victimisation by Mr S Harihara Raghavan and others, and that there is
a culture of staff bullying by the Adyar Estate management. Other staff have
also reported harassment. A copy of the Mr Kannanís May 15th letter
is included on this page.

It is to be noted that, in his May 15th
letter, Mr Kannan states that he has documentary evidence for his allegations.
It is also stated in the May 18th email, that harassment has been
extended to members, as well as Adyar employees. He further states that
ďThreats of influencing police to coerce people into submission are common.Ē

†Mr Kannan also claims in his email that Mr
Harihara Raghavan continues to harass him by phone with ďthreats, intimidation
and coercion.Ē It is unclear why this should continue over six months after Mr
Kannan has left Adyar employment and his residence on the Estate.